Stomatorhinus walkeri (Günther, 1867)
Synonyms
Mormyrus walkeri n. sp. Günther 1867b: 116, pl. 3, fig. c,
Petrocephalus walkeri : Sauvage, 1879: 101,
Mormyrus (Petrocephalus) walkeri: Sauvage 1880a: 22,
Stomatorhinus walkeri Boulenger, 1898f: 799.
Mormyrus (Petrocephalus) affinis n. sp. Sauvage, 1879a: 101,
Mormyrus affinis: Günther, 1896a: 283.
Mormyrus affinis (photo of type)
Mormyrus affinis 2 (drawing of type)
Etymology
Dedicated to the collector Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker, Esq. (1832-1901) »West African traveller and collector, especially Gabon. Explored the Ogowe, collected lots of birds (Liverpool), fishes (London), got tangled with Du Chaillou and his gorillas«. (Courtesy Alwyn Wheeler, in lit.)
(lat.): affinis: related to, neighbouring.
16.18.12 : CLOFFA-no.